Ebook: Sulfur Metabolism in Plants: Mechanisms and Applications to Food Security and Responses to Climate Change

This proceedings volume contains the invited and a selection of the contributed papers of the 8th International Workshop on Sulfur Metabolism in Higher Plants, which was held at Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Water Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia from November 22-27, 2010. Content of the volume shows that the understanding of sulfur metabolism in plants and the interaction of the environment are rapidly progressing.

This volume covers various aspects of the regulation of sulfate uptake and assimilation in plants, from a cellular to a whole plant level, and additionally emphasizes interactions with other minerals. Moreover the significance of sulfur metabolism in biotic and abiotic stress responses, in food security and quality, and in relation to interactions with global change factors is discussed in detail.

This proceedings volume contains the invited and a selection of the contributed papers of the 8th International Workshop on Sulfur Metabolism in Higher Plants, which was held at Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Water Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia, from November 22-27, 2010. The content of the volume shows that the understanding of sulfur metabolism in plants and the interaction of the environment are rapidly progressing.

This volume covers various aspects of the regulation of sulfate uptake and assimilation in plants, from a cellular to a whole plant level, and additionally emphasizes interactions with other minerals. Moreover the significance of sulfur metabolism in biotic and abiotic stress responses, in food security and quality, and in relation to interactions with global change factors is discussed in detail.

This proceedings volume contains the invited and a selection of the contributed papers of the 8th International Workshop on Sulfur Metabolism in Higher Plants, which was held at Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Water Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia, from November 22-27, 2010. The content of the volume shows that the understanding of sulfur metabolism in plants and the interaction of the environment are rapidly progressing.

This volume covers various aspects of the regulation of sulfate uptake and assimilation in plants, from a cellular to a whole plant level, and additionally emphasizes interactions with other minerals. Moreover the significance of sulfur metabolism in biotic and abiotic stress responses, in food security and quality, and in relation to interactions with global change factors is discussed in detail.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Sulfate Uptake and Assimilation – Whole Plant Regulation....Pages 11-24
Molecular and Cellular Regulation of Sulfate Transport and Assimilation....Pages 25-33
Manipulating the Sulfur Composition of Seeds....Pages 35-45
Response of Amino Acid Metabolism to Sulfur Starvation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803....Pages 47-52
Regulation of the Uptake of Sulfate by Chinese Cabbage (Brassica pekinensis) at Various Sulfate Concentrations in the Root Environment....Pages 53-59
Characterization of Adenosine 5?-Phospho-Sulfate Kinase (APSK) Genes from Higher Plants....Pages 61-65
Subcellular Compartmentation of Cysteine Synthesis in Plants – One Step More....Pages 67-70
Preliminary Characteristics of a Tobacco Gene Down-Regulated by Sulfur Deprivation and Encoding a Cys-Rich Protein....Pages 71-75
Partitioning of Sulfur Between Primary and Secondary Metabolism....Pages 77-83
Comparative Analysis of Amino Acids from Arabidopsis Wild-Type and Mutant sir1-1 Leaves by Reverse-Phase High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)....Pages 85-89
Homomeric Interaction of the STAS Domain in Sultr1;2....Pages 91-96
Simultaneous Determination of Sulfur Metabolites in Plant Tissue by LC-ESI-MS/MS....Pages 97-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-107
Plant Response to Mineral Ion Availability: Transcriptome Responses to Sulfate, Selenium and Iron....Pages 109-114
Regulation of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Formation in Plastids....Pages 115-119
Plant Accumulation of Sulfur’s Sister Element Selenium – Potential Applications and Ecological Implications....Pages 121-121
Identification and Sequence Analysis of Sulfate/Selenate Transporters in Selenium Hyper- and Non-accumulating Astragalus Plant Species....Pages 123-134
Foreword: Exploring Interactions Between Sulfate and Nitrate Uptake at a Whole Plant Level....Pages 135-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-153
Expression of Ferritins ZmFer1 and ZmFer2 Genes in Shoots and Roots of S-Deprived Young Maize Plants....Pages 155-162
Molybdate Affects Sulfate Acquisition in Brassica juncea Plants....Pages 1-8
Impact of Enhanced Copper Levels and Sulfate Deprivation on the Uptake and Metabolism of Sulfate in Chinese Cabbage (Brassica pekinensis)....Pages 121-121
Front Matter....Pages 163-168
Sulfur Nutrition and Food Security....Pages 169-173
Sulfur Compounds in Multiple Compensation Reactions of Abiotic Stress Responses....Pages 175-181
Cysteine Synthesis in the Chloroplast Is Not Required for Resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana to H2S Fumigation....Pages 183-183
Is the Eliciting Effect of Stress Metabolites on Pathogenesis in Winter Wheat Linked to the Sulfur Supply?....Pages 185-202
Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Affects Grain Sulfur Concentration and Grain Nitrogen/Sulfur Ratio of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)....Pages 203-215
Sulfate and Nitrate Assimilation in Leaves of Quercus ilex and Quercus pubescens Grown Near Natural CO2 Springs in Central Italy....Pages 217-221
Gamma-Glutamyl Cycle in Plants: Possible Implications in Apoplastic Redox Control and Redox Sensing....Pages 223-229
Sulfate Transport Processes Under Drought Stress: Interaction with Mycorrhization and Elevated pCO2 in Young Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur L.) Trees....Pages 231-236
The Role of Cyclophilin CYP20-3 in Activation of Chloroplast Serine Acetyltransferase Under High Light Stress....Pages 237-248
Impact of Lead and Sulfur Deprivation on Soybean Plants....Pages 249-254
Back Matter....Pages 255-264
....Pages 265-269